Example sentences of "[noun] be not [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secrets are not confined to the great houses of antiquity : Mr Merdle in Little Dorrit has his own new secrets , and is uneasy beneath the eye of his butler in his new London palace : ‘ He would have clasped himself by the wrists in that constabulary manner of his , and have paced up and down the hearth-rug , or gone creeping about among the rich objects of furniture , if his oppressive retainer had appeared in the room at that very moment . ’ |
| 2 | This conduct only becomes a nuisance when the consequence of his acts are not confined to his own land but extend on to his neighbour 's land . |
| 3 | The riders are not strapped to the car in any way and it 's clear that falling off would have serious consequences . |
| 4 | Private passions are not assumed to be a universal , biologically determined category ( they are of unknown origin , not assumed to be necessarily identical across different cultures ) . |
| 5 | The effects of stimulation are ‘ all-or-none ’ : either a saccade is elicited or it is n't , and its size and direction are not related to the intensity or frequency of stimulation in the colliculus . |
| 6 | ‘ The effects of the Chancellor 's Budget are not expected to be felt in the local economy for some time . ’ |
| 7 | Core skills are not intended to be the subject of academic studies , although they may relate to academic subjects such as English , mathematics , computing , science and social studies . |
| 8 | The illustrations are not meant to be accurate — for use as maps — but they succeed brilliantly as indicators of the terrain likely to be found on these walks . |
| 9 | Religions as sociological entities are not meant to be more than stepping-stones to an appreciation of the profound Mystery at the heart of reality . |
| 10 | Often the adverts are not geared to needs but aim at ‘ developing a desire ’ , thus fostering a consumerist mentality which can be detrimental to developmental effort . |
| 11 | The first is that it increasingly appears that LTP-like phenomena are not restricted to the hippocampus , but can under appropriate circumstances be shown in many other regions of the brain , including especially the cerebral cortex as Lynn Bindman in London , and Lyosha Voronin , in Moscow , have shown . |
| 12 | In other words the courts are not required to be so vigilant in his case as he is presumed to have negotiated the terms of his contract . |
| 13 | This social cross-section gives Easton 's police a variety of crime and law-and-order situations to confront , in conjunction with which there is the ever-present danger and threat from the IRA , whose activities are not restricted to Republican areas . |
| 14 | He argues that apart from receiving a higher grant , health authorities are not scrutinised to the same degree as SSds and believes they mismanage the money . |
| 15 | The responsibilities of local authorities are not limited to those conveyed in general legislation . |
| 16 | These definitions are not meant to be academically accurate , but to describe the meanings generally intended . |
| 17 | The symptoms and signs are not considered to be the illness but rather to be the results of the body 's reaction to the original state of imbalance . |
| 18 | The economic differences are that taxes are not related to the services which taxpayers might receive from the authority ; whereas rents paid by individuals are directly related to their occupancy of council houses . |
| 19 | Researchers are not limited to studying only members of their own society but can interview people in other societies including people who may be illiterate and therefore leave no written record of their activities . |
| 20 | Researchers are not constrained to what they can observe or experience directly , but are able to cover as many facets of as many people as resources allow . |
| 21 | 1 ) enforce existing law to ensure that tobacco products are NOT sold to under 16 's 2 ) control the promotion of tobacco products to children 3 ) undertake an educational programme involving children and young people . |
| 22 | Waves are not confined to single cells but can travel from cell to cell through two separate mechanisms . |
| 23 | As the name suggests , these Guidelines are not intended to be binding or prescriptive , but rather to provide impartial guidance for the perplexed . |
| 24 | 08.15 Melanie Harrison , ‘ Diakon ’ / ‘ Procom ’ distribution clerk at Wilton , interrogates POPE computer system and confirms that the three boxes in stock are not committed to another customer . |
| 25 | Such diverse construction methods are not confined to particular types of building but rather reflect questions of cost and regional traditions which appear to have been relatively pronounced in Roman Britain . |
| 26 | It is important that air is distributed evenly throughout the room and that the animals are not exposed to drafts . |
| 27 | These narratives consistently address material conditions and contradictions in women 's lives ; and the international sales figures indicate that those contradictions are not restricted to women in the western cultures of Britain and America . |
| 28 | When bream are rolling in this manner it is quite easy to miss them if your eyes are not glued to the water all the time . |
| 29 | However , these subcrop units are not restricted to such areas and are also overlain by non-anomalous Bunter uplift zones . |
| 30 | But the parties are not confined to the first perspective . |